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Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol: a marvellously musical, disarmingly sincere take on Dickens
Cold Feet alumnus Robert Bathurst is an iron-fisted Scrooge in Parton’s homespun, soulful interpretation of the famous novella. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged a christmas carol, charles dickens, christmas, country music, dolly parton, dollywood, family theatre, george maguire, london, musical, play, review, robert bathurst, scrooge, smoky mountain christmas carol, southbank centre, telegraph, tennessee, theatre
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Travelling to London’s South Bank: Transport and Navigation Tips
Advice on travelling to theatres in and around the South Bank, including the National and Shakespeare’s Globe. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged bike, boat, bridge, broadwayworld, bus, directions, embankment, guide, help, london, national theatre, old vic, play, river, riverside, shakespeares globe, south bank, southbank centre, taxi, theatre, tips, train, transport, travel, tube, visit london, walk, waterloo, young vic
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BroadwayWorld’s Top London Christmas Picks
There are plenty of seasonal treats served up in the capital this year, from pantos and plays to opera and dance. Here are some of the tastiest morsels for the 2018-19 festive period. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged a christmas carol, al murray, aladdin, alexandra palace, best, bill bailey, book tickets, broadwayworld, can't wait for christmas, cheap tickets, children, christmas, dani dyer, danny dyer, dawn french, dick whittington, english national ballet, eventim apollo, family, hansel and gretel, horrible christmas, horrible histories, huddle, hugh dennis, in the winter wood, jo brand, kids, kinky boots, les miserables, london, lyric hammersmith, lyric theatre, magic mike live, matilda, matthew bourne, motown, national theatre, nativity the musical, old vic, opera, orange tree theatre, palladium snow white, panto, pantomime, paul merton, peacock theatre, peter pan, philip pullmans grimm tales, polka theatre, richmond theatre, robert lindsay, room on the broom, rose theatre kingston, royal opera, sadlers wells, school of rock, seussical, sleeping beauty, southbank centre, southwark playhouse, swan lake, the lion king, the messiah, the nutcracker, the other palace, the phantom of the opera, the snowman, the tell tale heart, theatre, theatre royal stratford east, ticket deal, tina, top, unicorn theatre, west end, wicked, young audience
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Thank you for the music
A new exhibition celebrates ABBA – the band that gets everyone dancing. Read my full Dancing Times article here
Posted in Art, Dance, Journalism
Tagged abba, abba super troupers, band, costumes, dance, dancer, dancing times, exhibition, festival hall, magazine, mamma mia, music, pop, southbank centre, swedish
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Baila Brazil, Royal Festival Hall
As we hunt for renewable energy sources, has anyone considered Balé de Rua? The hard-working company maintain their feverishly frenetic motion throughout an ambitious 85-minute show that – in line with the social conscience of co-directors/choreographers Marco Antonio Garcia and … Continue reading
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Tagged baila brazil, bale de rua, ballet, band, brazil, brazilian, breaking, capoeira, carnival, contemporary, dance, dance today, dancing, festival hall, folk, hip hop, live, london, magazine, music, review, samba, southbank centre, street
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